tornado
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The final tornado was an outlier, showing up much farther south at around 6:30 p.m., in Terra Bella in Tulare County, said Alex Cooke, a meteorologist for the National Weather Service’s Hanford/San Joaquin Valley office.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 25, 2026
Red apples made of foam drop from above in one scene, and leaves swirl during the tornado.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026
A tornado’s intensity is determined, in part, by the damage it causes and the damage around Clovis elevated Tuesday’s tornado to an EF1 on the Enhanced Fujita Scale, Molina said.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 22, 2026
Severe thunderstorms were expected in parts of North Carolina, South Carolina and West Virginia, where NWS has predicted hail and "a tornado or two possible".
From BBC • Mar. 16, 2026
As she took steps back, a figure stepped through the tornado, in the same way that someone might walk through a waterfall.
From Anya and the Nightingale by Sofiya Pasternack
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